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AgResearch has been awarded over $16m in funding to further its research into pest control, animal nutrition, and forage production, and to research ways to objectively measure the quality of New Zealand meat.

Using charged iron to capture tiny particles worth hundreds of dollars per kilo and creating technology to speed up nature more than 300 fold.

Could feeding cows brassicas help reduce nitrogen loss from the soil?

The psychological theory of 'self-efficacy' is being used by Massey University agricultural and social scientists to create greater self-belief in hill country farmers.

A world expert on the sheep milking industry says UK farmers would be envious of the level of research being done in New Zealand into sheep milking.

The agri-food sector in New Zealand contributes around one fifth of the country's GDP according to a new study.

New Zealand's sheep milk industry is set to benefit from new research by AgResearch.

Farmers need to change their thinking about the value of spreading fertiliser on the hill country, an expert in the field claims.

Forest owners say kinks in the laws covering the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) need to be ironed out.

An agricultural academic wants all policy and rule makers in local and central government to properly understand farm systems and how they are run.